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Georgia Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud at Public Real...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 21, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Georgia real estate investor pleaded guilty today for her role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justi...
Upcoming Job Search Event Offers Foreclosure Prevention Assistance
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Unemployed workers seeking help with their job search or mortgage payments can find assistance at a Job Search Boot Camp at the Garner Performing Arts Center on February 25.
South Carolina REALTORS® Release January Market Numbers
COLUMBIA, S.C. - February 14, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) today released its January Statewide Market Reports. The same factors that catalyzed widespread market recovery for the past couple of years are likely to continue...
‘Just cause’ bill would protect tenants from improper eviction
STATE HOUSE - February 3, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. John G. Edwards (D-Dist. 70, Portsmouth, Tiverton) and Sen. Harold M. Metts (D-Dist. 6, Providence) have filed bills that would prevent banks from evicting tenants living in foreclosed homes unt...
attorney general j.b. van hollen announces $440,000 will go to Wisconsin Borrowers Who Lost...
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today that under the national mortgage settlement, $440,000 will go to 297 Wisconsin residents who lost their homes to foreclosure. Payments of about $1,480 each will compensate eligible borrowers who lost ho...
With Nearly A Quarter Of Mahoning Valley Mortgages Underwater, Brown Urges Reinstatement Of Provision...
YOUNGSTOWN, OH - January 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, with nearly a quarter of Mahoning Valley mortgages underwater, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called for immediate Congressional action to reverse a tax increase imposed on struggling homeo...
Edwards, Metts will hold press conference on ‘just cause’ bill regarding tenant eviction
STATE HOUSE - January 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. John G. Edwards (D-Dist. 70, Portsmouth, Tiverton) and Sen. Harold M. Metts (D-Dist. 6, Providence) will be holding a news conference to address tenants’ rights during the foreclosure process ...
Annual Property Tax Foreclosure Auction
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Doug Lasher, Clark County Treasurer, announced that new this year, the annual Property Tax Foreclosure Auction will be held online via an Internet-based foreclosure auction provider called “bi...
Statewide Effort Prevents 15,000 Foreclosures; Funding Available for 6,000 More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A statewide foreclosure prevention effort has helped 15,000 North Carolinians who lost jobs start the New Year in their own homes. The N.C. Foreclosure Prevention Fund makes mortgage payments fo...
California Foreclosure Starts Dip to Eight-Year Low
La Jolla, CA. - January 21, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of California homeowners pulled into the formal foreclosure process dropped to an eight-year low last quarter, the result of an improving economy, foreclosure prevention efforts and high...
With More Than 33 Percent Of Lucas County Mortgages Underwater, Brown Urges Reinstatement Of...
TOLEDO, OH - January 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, with more than 33 percent of Lucas County mortgages underwater, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called for immediate Congressional action to reverse a tax increase imposed on struggling homeowne...
Three Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Norther...
Eastern California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud at Public...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An Eastern California real estate investor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern California, the Department of...
Governor Quinn Signs Legislation to Protect Struggling Homeowners
CHICAGO - December 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat Quinn today signed legislation to protect Illinois homeowners by preventing a lender from selling a home while the homeowner is applying for a federal mortgage assistance program. This legi...
Attorney General Olens Part of $2.1 Billion Settlement with Mortgage Servicer Ocwen
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ocwen Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Ocwen Loan Servicing, have agreed to a $2.1 billion dollar joint state-federal settlement with Attorney General Sam Olens, 48 additional states a...
Attorney General Kane announces $2 billion foreclosure settlement; calls on Congress to help homeowners
HARRISBURG - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today announced her involvement in a federal and multistate investigation and $2 billion national settlement with Ocwen Financial Corporation and Ocwen Loan Servicin...
Joint Release: AG Van Hollen and DFI Secretary Peter Bildsten Announce $2.1 Billion...
MADISON - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ocwen Financial Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia, and its subsidiary, Ocwen Loan Servicing, have agreed to a $2.1 billion joint, state-federal settlement with Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, 48 additio...
Washington Homeowners To Receive Assistance In Multi-State Ocwen Loan Servicing Settlement
OLYMPIA - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Division of Consumer Services is pleased to announce a multi-state loan servicing settlement with Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, state Attorne...
Attorney General DeWine Announces Ohio Ocwen Customers to Receive $37 Million as Part of...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that Ohio is part of the $2.1 billion multi-state settlement with the nation’s fourth largest mortgage servicer, Ocwen Financial Corporation of...
A.G. Schneiderman Announces National Multi-Billion Dollar Settlement With Mortgage Servicing Giant OCWEN Financial Services
NEW YORK - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement with mortgage servicing giant Ocwen Financial Services over alleged improprieties by the company and its subsidiaries related to mortg...
Washington AG Ferguson holds Ocwen accountable for mortgage servicing wrongs through joint state-federal settlement
SEATTLE - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ocwen Financial Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia, and its subsidiary, Ocwen Loan Servicing, have agreed to a joint state-federal settlement with Attorney General Bob Ferguson, 48 additional states and th...
AG Kilmartin Announces $2.1 Billion National Settlement with Ocwen Financial Corporation for Abuses Over...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today joined the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and 48 additional attorneys general to announce a two billion dollar settlement with Ocw...
Attorney General Koster announces new mortgage settlement with Ocwen
Jefferson City, Mo. - December 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster today announced a settlement with Ocwen Financial Corporation of Atlanta and its subsidiary, Ocwen Loan Servicing that will mean principal reductions for Missou...
Attorney General Bondi and OFR Commissioner Breakspear Announce $2.1 Billion State-Federal Settlement with Ocwen...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - December 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ocwen Financial Corporation of Atlanta, Georgia, and its subsidiary, Ocwen Loan Servicing, have agreed to a $2.1 billion joint state-federal settlement with Attorney General Bondi, 48 addition...
Ocwen to Provide $2.1 Billion in Relief to Homeowners in State-Federal Settlement Over Loan...
BOSTON - December 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The nation’s fourth largest mortgage servicer has agreed to provide Massachusetts homeowners with an estimated $80 million in principal reduction and cash payments to homeowners as part of a national s...
AG Gansler Recovers Additional $88 Million for Distressed Maryland Homeowners Victimized by Ocwen Mortgage...
Baltimore, MD - December 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, joined by 49 other state and territorial attorneys general and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), today announced a $2.1 billion joint state-fede...
Two Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Felony charges were filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Francisco, against Florence Fung of Sacramento, Calif, and Michael Navone of San Rafae...
Council passes resolution relating to principle reduction, foreclosure
SEATTLE - December 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- City Council unanimously adopted a Resolution today relating to principle mortgage reduction and foreclosure. The resolution establishes a City of Seattle Interdepartmental Team, or IDT, which will eval...
Deadline for AG’s Mortgage Settlement Fund Phase II is Dec. 31
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Friday encouraged Oklahomans who experienced foreclosure or mortgage issues due to mortgage company actions to apply for a second round of assistance from the Oklahoma Mortgage Settlement Fund.
Attorney General sues Bank of America for violating state foreclosure mediation law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell has filed suit against Bank of America for violating Vermont’s foreclosure mediation statute and Consumer Protection Act in foreclosu...
